“14 For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. 15 Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God ✡ continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. 16 But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices … [Read more…]
Kretzmann http://www.kretzmannproject.org/ 2 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 1. V.1. Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: v.2. Grace unto you and peace, from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. This opening greeting agrees almost exactly with that of the first letter. Paul … [Read more…]
As we see in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus taught right living. When Jesus was just beginning His public ministry, He began what we call the Sermon on the Mount saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Throughout the next 3 years, He preached the Gospel of … [Read more…]
In the body of Christ, congregations of believers stick together for the long term because of their right living. All grow up in Messiah together. Our love of God is shown by our loving one another relationships within the congregation we participate in. One another means reciprocally, mutually. “Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, … [Read more…]
Those without are those separate from Messiah, without God in this world. Paul wrote about to them to the Ephesians and us. “Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands), that you were at that time separate … [Read more…]
“The Lord’s entire manner of educating is one calculated to win people for Himself, so that they willingly follow His leadership, and His example should always stand before the eyes of all parents as an ideal after which they may strive.” Kretzman wrote the following over 100 years ago. This is good to comprehend and … [Read more…]
Those of us born into a family where at least one of the parents is a believer are holy—prepared for God pure, clean (1 Corinthians 7:12-17) until the age of accountability. Parents cultivate our soul. Children are instructed to obey their parents and parents are to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of … [Read more…]
When we partake of the divine nature, we become useful and productive in the noble things of eternal importance. Peter begins telling us how to partake with this blessing: “May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” “His divine power has … [Read more…]
“…when in that day He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be marveled at among all those having believed because our testimony to you was believed, for which also we pray always for you, that He may count you worthy of the calling of our God, and He may fulfill every … [Read more…]
“If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.” That’s how Paul concluded Galatians 5 where he contrasts the ways of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit. We live by the Spirit. “I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you … [Read more…]